Plural of adscript; multiple peasants bound to the land in feudal times.
Simply the plural form of 'adscript' (Latin adscripti, plural of adscriptus). Historical documents frequently refer to multiple adscripts as a class of unfree laborers.
In historical records, 'adscripts' were often listed with their land holdings, as if they were part of the property inventory—dehumanizing language that reflected how feudal law saw them.
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